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County fair concludes Sunday
The 140th edition of the Clark County Fair closes at 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. The final days’ entertainment is as follows: Demolition Derby, 7:30 p.m. this evening; Pro Arena and Tuff Trucks, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Aug. 9; and Monster Trucks and Tuff Trucks, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. General admission to the fair is $9. Parking is $5 per vehicle. C-TRAN is offering shuttle service for $2 per person round trip or $4 for groups of up to six people. The fair opens at 10 a.m. each
day and closes at 11 p.m. tonight and tomorrow; 10 p.m., Sunday. Bill Stewart named Employment
Bill Stewart, vocational rehabilitation counselor, has been appointed an employment specialist for Partners in Careers, a private nonprofit agency serving Clark County job-seekers and employers. Stewart will provide employment services for persons with disabilities in a United Way-funded employment connections project. Stewart, a registered counselor since 1989, has over 20 years' experience as a career adviser and employment specialist, most recently with Goodwill Industries’ Job Connection Program. Clark Conservation voters Clark Conservation Voters are holding a post-primary election party and fundraiser from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Salmon Creek Brewpub, 108 W Evergreen Boulevard, according to the organization’s chairman, Randy Mueller. Clark Conservation Voters is part of the statewide Washington Conservation Voters, which supports candidates who support environmental issues. The local board consists of Mueller, Linda Wolfe, Nancy Sayan, Gretchen Starke and Richard Kennon. Locally, Clark Conservation Voters supports Democrats 49th District Sen. Craig Pridemore, 49th District State Rep. Jim Moeller, 17th District Rep. Deb Wallace, Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart, Port of Vancouver Commissioner Brian Wolfe, Washougal Mayor Stacee Sellers, Camas Mayor Paul Dennis, Vancouver councilman Tim Leavitt, Democratic candidates Jim Jacks, 49th District state representative, Pam Brokaw, Democratic candidate for Clark County commissioner, District 1, VaNessa Duplessie, Democratic candidate for state representative, 18th District, and Tim Probst, 17th District state representative, and former 49th District state representative Bill Fromhold. A contribution of $25 for Clark Conservation Voters’ activities is suggested. For further information, call 921-9314. WSU Vancouver’s Amitava
Chowdhury work The work of Amitava Chowdhury, who received his doctorate in history from Washington State University Vancouver this year, has recently contributed to the naming of a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. An archeological project that Chowdhury directed was on the site of the recently declared UNESCO World Heritage Site, LeMorne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain jutting into the Indian Ocean southwest of the island of Mauritius. The site was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, called maroons during the 18th and early years of the 19th centuries. Chowdhury, who has been teaching undergraduate courses at WSU Vancouver since 2004, did some archaeological field work at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. He will begin a new tenure-track position this fall at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Calendar The Oregon International Air Show opens at 6:45 p.m. this evening at the Hillsboro Airport. The first air show begins at 7:15 p.m. Air show times Saturday, Aug. 9 and Sunday, Aug. 10, are 11 a.m. General admission is $20. For further information, call (503) 629-0707. <> The Hough Pool Block Party, supporting Hough neighborhood activities, is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, in the Hough pool, school and school yard. Events are as follows: upscale garage sale, silent auction, children’s carnival, bake sale, barbecue and live music. For further information, call Angie Laughlin, 992-7060. <> The Pacific Northwest Blood Program is conducting a blood drives from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in the New Heights Church, 7913 NE 58th Street, and from 12:30 to 6:30 pm. Monday, Aug. 11, in the Maple Grove Church, 12700 NE 199th Street.
CVTV programming on demand: http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cvtv/cvtvindex.asp
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